Sample: 282 adult residents of 17 Cleveland city zip codes, interviewed between Sept. 2007 and Aug. 2008.

Who's working for Digital Empowerment in Cuyahoga County?

“Connect Your Community” (CYC) Project

Partnership of One Community, Cleveland Housing Network, ASC3, Famicos, Esperanza, Fairfax Renaissance and Tri-C

Federal Broadband Stimulus funding – until June 2012

18 full-time paid workers (CYC Corps) to “engage, train, equip and support” new broadband adopters

Concentrating in Cleveland and East Cleveland neighborhoods

Goal = 5,200 disconnected citizens become sustainable broadband adopters by next Summer

More than 1,800 new home broadband users in CYC's first ten months – 3,000 have taken classes

24 hours of free training; subsidized home computers; help with finding affordable broadband service

www.connectcommunity.org

Who's working for Digital Empowerment in Cuyahoga County?

“Every Citizen Online”

Partnership of Connect Ohio and Cuyahoga County Public Library

Federal Broadband Stimulus funding – until December 2012

Introductory broadband training provided at CCPL library branches

Concentrating in suburbs outside Cleveland/East Cleveland

Several hundred participants per month

www.connectohio.org/consumer_training

Who's working for Digital Empowerment in Cuyahoga County?

Dozens of nonprofit neighborhood computer training centers and library-based labs offering basic training and support

Most had very little operating money before the Broadband Stimulus opportunity – will there be any when it's over?

WHAT IT TAKES...

High touch: Personal engagement, social support, patience and time

Hours of basic computer and network skills training

Affordable hardware to take home

Affordable home Internet access